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May 08, 2024
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CV 415 - Hydraulics3 lecture hours 2 lab hours 4 credits
Course Description
Hydraulics is the second level of applied engineering course in the water area of the civil engineering curriculum. In this course, students build upon material introduced in CV 310 , going more in depth and covering additional topics in the field of hydraulics. Upon completion of this course, the student will be prepared for hydraulics portions of the Principles and Practice of Engineering Civil Breadth (morning topics V.A and V.B) and Water Resources and Environmental Depth Exam (afternoon topics I and II). (prereq: CV 310 )
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
Open Channel Hydraulics
- Compute flow profiles in open channels under uniform, gradually varied, and rapidly varied conditions
- Analyze flow through culverts, underflow gates, and overflow gates
- Apply physical model similitude principles in open channel situations
- Analyze unsteady flow in open channels
- Apply HEC-RAS to analyze steady-state, gradually varied flow and rapidly varied flow in natural and manmade open channels
Closed-Conduit Hydraulics
- Apply Reynolds Transport theorem
- Apply dimensional analysis and Buckingham Pi theorem to establish similarity
- Calculate minor losses in complex fittings
- Analyze the performance of an actual pump station with multiple pumps
- Compute hydraulic transient pressures in a force main
- Compute thrust forces due to pressure and changes in momentum at fittings
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
Laboratory Topics
- Water surface profiles
- Flow through underflow and overflow gates
- Flow through culverts
- Physical modeling of Eagle Spring Lake spillway
- Unsteady flow
- Pump station design drawings and interpretation
- Field trip to underwood Creek Pump Station
- Control of hydraulic transients
- Field trip to Eagle Spring Lake
Coordinator
Dr. William Gonwa
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